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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 6, 2005Gray County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 10:31 PM CDT for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2005, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gray County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1812 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1812 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 6, 3:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
315 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...
TSTMS DEVELOPING AT THIS TIME ALONG DRYLN THRU ERN NM TO NWRN KS.
HAVE BOOSTED POPS FOR TNGT OVR WRN 2/3 OF FCST AREA...AND HAVE
MENTIONED PSBL SVR IN ALL BUT FAR ERN TX PNHDL.  RICH MSTR/HIGH
INSTBY IN PLACE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES ALSO.  EXPECT SCT TSTMS TO
DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO WRN 2/3 OF PNHDLS TNGT AS SHORT WAVE TROF
APPROACHES IN SW FLOW ALOFT AND LOW LVL JET DEVELOPS OVER ERN ZONES.

KEPT 20 PCT POPS GOING FOR ERN ZONES ON TUE AFTN/EVE...BUT EXPANDED
AFFECTED AREA WWD A BIT.  DRYLN EXPECTED TO SET UP DURING TUE AFTN
OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS.  ON WED...HAVE INTRODUCED SLGT CHC POPS FOR
ERN ZONES...WHERE DEEP RICH MSTR STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN DURING
AFTN AND EVE.

SWLY SFC WINDS BEHIND DRYLN ON TUE...WED...AND THU...WITH ASSOCIATED
REDUCED CLOUD COVERAGE...LEAD US TO INCREASE MAX TEMPS A BIT.

HAVE DELAYED WED WIND SHIFT...AS CDFNT LOOKS AS IF IT MAY NOT HAVE
IMPACT ON PNHDLS ON WED.  LOW-MID LVL MSTR SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF
FCST AREA...SO DRY FCST KEPT GOING FOR THU.  MSTR RETURNS TO WARRANT
CONTINUING SLGT CHC POPS ON FRI AFTN/NGT.

HAVE INTRODUCED SLGT CHC TSTMS ALL ZONES SAT AFTN/EVE DUE TO EXPECTED
MSTR RETURN.  HAVE INTRODUCED SLGT CHC TSTMS ERN ZONES SUN AFTN/EVE
WHERE DEEPER MSTR EXPECTED TO REMAIN.

COCKRELL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                62  92  62  91 /  30  20  20  10
BEAVER OK                  68  96  63  96 /  20  20  20  20
BOISE CITY OK              59  91  57  90 /  40  10  10  10
BORGER TX                  67  95  67  94 /  30  20  20  20
BOYS RANCH TX              63  94  61  92 /  40  10  10  10
CANYON TX                  63  93  61  92 /  40  10  10  10
CLARENDON TX               67  93  67  94 /  30  20  20  20
DALHART TX                 61  92  59  90 /  40  10  10  10
GUYMON OK                  64  95  61  94 /  30  10  10  10
HEREFORD TX                63  93  60  92 /  40  10  10  10
LIPSCOMB TX                68  96  66  96 /  20  20  20  20
PAMPA TX                   67  93  66  93 /  30  20  20  20
SHAMROCK TX                68  96  68  95 /  20  20  20  20
WELLINGTON TX              69  95  69  95 /  20  20  20  20

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

10/03
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
255 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-071100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
255 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLES LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE
PRIMARY THREAT COMING FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL REQUIRE A CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA-WIDE FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS EARLY THIS
WEEK AND AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION.

HENNIG

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
930 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     HAIL             1 E CLAUDE              35.11N 101.34W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        ARMSTRONG          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

TD
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:42 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
942 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TXZ008-070315-
HUTCHINSON TX-
942 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HUTCHINSON COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF BORGER AT 942 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:47 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
947 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TXZ009-070315-
ROBERTS TX-
947 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ROBERTS COUNTY...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MIAMI TO 21 MILES WEST OF MIAMI AT 947 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore43 min
Jun 6, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford58 min
Jun 6, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray73 min
Jun 6, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley40 min
Jun 6, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas63 min
Jun 6, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver66 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.